Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised almost $6 million within one day after the Feb. 5 voting contests, all of which came from online donations.
Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe said in a letter to supporters that $3 million was raised the evening after Tuesday's primaries and caucuses. A live ticker attached to his e-mail, showing donations, recorded $5.8 million as of 11:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday. By 9:30 a.m. today, the total was $7.1 million, according to the Obama campaign Web site.
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Plouffe told reporters on Tuesday that Obama's fundraising counterbalances Clinton's advantages of name recognition and political infrastructure, allowing the campaign to remain competitive and to advertise in states through April.
``We think we're going to have the money we need to wage vigorous campaigns,'' he said.
I know that to have any type of successful campaign you must have a great deal of money but I still find it ridiculous the amount of money that is spent on a single campaign alone. Again though, this is just my opinion.
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